Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Detected Signals
remote code execution code execution
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CVE
CVE-2017-9078
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
5.14%
Original Filing — NVD Description
The server in Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow post-authentication root remote code execution because of a double free in cleanup of TCP listeners when the -a option is enabled.